Spring 2 Journey Nursery

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Jack and the Beanstalk - Week 1

We were very excited to receive a surprise.....

We discussed where the beans might have come from and what we should do with them. The children shared their ideas with us. 

Golden beans - Arham

The wind blew them in  - Charlie

Plant them to make a golden garden - Elias

We were so excited to see what might happen when we planted the beans...we came into school next day to discover a beanstalk had grown. We cannot wait to see who lives at the top if the beanstalk. 

The children were surprised and shared their ideas around this.

The beanstalk is bendy cos a guy is moving it around at the top- Hudson

There is agiant at the top but I don't know if he will come down - Ayah

If I drink milk I will be strong enough to climb up the beanstalk - Fatimah

It's taller, it is ginormous - Genevieve

We discovered that there is a giant at the top of the beanstalk and he needs our help to solve problems. We will be working together and waiting to see what each day brings. 

Our new half term started off with some very windy weather and in nursery we always embrace all weathers so we made our very own kites and flwe them outside, whay fun we had. 

We have also been working hard practising our names this week, our writing is really progressing and we love to challenge ourselves everyday by having a go at writing it. 

In maths this week we continued our number journey by consolidating numbers to 5. We recapped our knowledge and did lots of counting groups and learning about the final number in a group being the total number of the group. 

In phonics this week we have learned the sound 'u' for umbrella, under and upset. The children have enjoyed playing voice sounds games and Bertha the bus. 

Week 2 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Growing

We had a letter from the top of the beanstalk from the giant explaining that fairytale land had run out of onions and garlic and could we plant some in the edible garden in school, this has helped us to begin learning about how plants grow and what they need to make sure they grow well. 

We will look after our plants end enjoy watching them grow. 

The next day we heard from the giant again and he asked us to use our growing skills and knowledge to plant some individual beanstalks that could be used to make his stronger because he was worried that when we carried the onions and garlic up the beanstalk it wouldn't be strong enough. 

We will nurture our beanstalks with love and care and get them growing up towards fairytale land. 

In phonics this week we are learning the sound 'r' for rainbow, rabbit and rat. The children enjoyed the blending games to go with this sound. 

In maths this week the giant has dropped a chest down the beanstalk that has 6 gold coins in it, a great opportunity for us to learn about the number 6, we loved using the giants treasure to help us learn about the number 6. 

World book day - We loved wearing our PJ'S to school and getting cosy with lots of stories. We also joined the other children in the hall to share stories and snacks in our reading cafe. Stories are such an important way to support children in their learning and in nursery we spend everyday using stories to help us create our imaginative ideas. 

We also enjoyed doing some observational drawing of giants, we used picture prompts and our own ideas about what giants look like. The children are really noticing details and putting more detailed ideas into their pictures. Take a look at some of our amazing pictures. 

Week 3 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Castles. 

We received a letter from the giant. Even though we think he's quite scary, we decided to help him with his problem of building a new castle.

 

Glue and bricks will make a strong one - Ayat

They need a pointy roof. Some do. And glass windows - Genevieve

Made of stones. Use bricks – Ali Asghar

Bricks make castles - Willow

A monster. You find diamonds in a castle

 - Safa